“When we do R&B midtempos or ballads, there's an Underdogs sound.” — Harvey Mason Quote

When we do R&B midtempos or ballads, there's an Underdogs sound.

I like creating something from nothing and hearing it on the radio or on stage or from somebody driving down the street singing it. It's like building a house, taking a vacant piece of land, and next thing you know, there's a house with somebody living in it.

I came to L.A. in 1970, and my desire and my training was to be a studio musician, which I had read about in my senior year in high school.

I give my heart in every single session I've done, and I get into the music. I love all kinds of music, and I try and really be as authentic as possible and give from my heart.

I've been fascinated over the years by the way refrains work. Think, say, of the refrains in Yeats' ballads. Ideally, each time the refrain comes back in a poem, it is both the same and different. It works by counterpoint and reiteration. It accrues meaning.

The worst thing for me when I go to a concert is a whole bunch of ballads. You get bored.

I have learned that Indonesians love ballads and I also like ST12 songs.

I always wrote ballads, and I always wrote rockers.

In my player, I have a Luis Miguel CD as well as a Brian McKnight CD. I'm known for my very romantic ballads as well as the fun, up-tempo pop songs.